Retrograde tracker
Which planet is retrograde right now, at what degree, and when it turns direct. Station dates with times. No account.
Turns retrograde: the planet starts to appear to move backwards. Turns direct: it moves forwards again. All times are in UTC.
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 27°35′♊︎ Gemini 25°34′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 16°28′♋︎ Cancer 13°39′
- Uranus152 days♐︎ Sagittarius 1°33′♏︎ Scorpio 27°29′
- Mercury23 days♈︎ Aries 10°56′♓︎ Pisces 27°48′
- Saturn141 days♑︎ Capricorn 4°33′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°56′
- Jupiter121 days♒︎ Aquarius 16°52′♒︎ Aquarius 7°02′
- Mercury24 days♌︎ Leo 16°31′♌︎ Leo 5°33′
- Pluto164 days♊︎ Gemini 28°36′♊︎ Gemini 26°34′
- Mars71 days♊︎ Gemini 12°21′♉︎ Taurus 26°16′
- Neptune156 days♋︎ Cancer 18°42′♋︎ Cancer 15°53′
- Venus41 days♐︎ Sagittarius 16°21′♐︎ Sagittarius 1°01′
- Mercury20 days♐︎ Sagittarius 8°36′♏︎ Scorpio 22°29′
Retrograde motion is apparent, not actual: as Earth overtakes a planet in its faster orbit, the planet appears to move backwards against the stars for a while. This page states dates, times and degrees, and nothing else. A station date says nothing about anyone's week, and it is not pretended otherwise here.
Mercury retrograde: 16 Mar – 8 Apr; 19 Jul – 12 Aug; 11 Nov – 1 Dec
Venus retrograde: 10 Nov – 21 Dec
Mars retrograde: 19 Oct – 29 Dec
Jupiter retrograde: 4 Jun – 2 Oct
Saturn retrograde: 12 Apr – 1 Sept
Uranus retrograde: 6 Mar – 5 Aug
Neptune retrograde: 20 Oct 2399 – 24 Mar; 21 Oct – 26 Mar 2401
Pluto retrograde: 27 Sept 2399 – 9 Mar; 27 Sept – 10 Mar 2401
One row per body. The thin line is the year's course; the thick coloured band marks the days it ran retrograde. Dates are UTC.
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